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The Impact Agenda is fast becoming a key influence over Higher Education strategy and policies. Successful postgraduate outcomes are important in their own right and also for their contribution to research outputs and REF. Employability is increasingly recognized as an essential measure of success. The Summer Conference will address PGR and PGT outcomes, particularly in relation to employability. Contributors will include stakeholders from industry, a research charity, representatives from funding bodies as well as University Careers Service and Skills Development specialists. Through the combination of plenary lectures, facilitated workshops and discussion groups, delegates will have an excellent opportunity to explore factors influencing the employability of postgraduates and to network among colleagues.Discussion will focus on the needs of employers, training requirements and the changing nature and purpose of PG Education at Masters and Doctoral levels in the 21st century.
Confirmed Plenary Presentations include:
Higher Education and Industry: the Context
Peter Forbes – Associate Director, Employability & Employer Engagement, Council for Industry and Higher Education
PG Education and Employability in the Charity and Medical Research Sectors
Dr Elizabeth Robertson – Director of Operations, Cancer Research UK
Dreams of the Future: Postgraduate Career Ambitions – and Realities
Elizabeth Wilkinson - Postgraduate Skills and Career Development, University of Manchester
Industry’s Needs for the Next Generation of Postgraduates – An Industrialist’s Perspective
Professor Gordon France - Vice President, Quality, Strategy & Performance, Pharmaceutical Development, AstraZeneca
To download a copy of the draft programme for this event, please click here.
For details of the delegate packages available and to book your place at the Conference, please click here.
